Description
Hydrophilic Streptavidin Magnetic Beads are 2 ยต;m superparamagnetic particles covalently coupled to a highly pure form of streptavidin. The beads can be used to capture biotin labeled substrates including antigens, antibodies and nucleic acids (1,2). The strength of the biotin-streptavidin interaction, an association constant (Ka) of 1015 M-1 coupled with the low non-specific binding of streptavidin permits captured substrates to be useful as ligands in subsequent experiments including mRNA isolation and the capture of primary or secondary antibodies (3,4).